document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1177036>Question 1177036</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what rational number is halfway between 1/6 and 2/5 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: <font color=red>17/60</font>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How to get that answer:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "First rewrite each of those given fractions to have the LCD (lowest common denominator) of 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/6 = 5/30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2/5 = 12/30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This will allow us to add the fractions. Specifically we add the numerators and keep the denominator the same. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Adding up the fractions leads to<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5/30 + 12/30 = 17/30\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then we cut that result in half, which is the same as multiplying by 1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(17/30)*(1/2) = 17/60<BR>\n" );
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